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package java.security.acl;


/**
 * This interface represents a permission, such as that used to grant
 * a particular type of access to a resource.
 *
 * @author Satish Dharmaraj
 */
public interface Permission {

  /**
   * Returns true if the object passed matches the permission represented
   * in this interface.
   *
   * @param another the Permission object to compare with.
   * @return true if the Permission objects are equal, false otherwise
   */
  public boolean equals(Object another);

  /**
   * Prints a string representation of this permission.
   *
   * @return the string representation of the permission.
   */
  public String toString();

}
